Comedic actor, Damon Wayans Sr.’s, 34 year old son, Damon Jr., has just pissed off many of his Caucasian fans.

FYI: We all know In Living Color veteran, Damon Sr. But for any of us, Old Schoolers, who aren’t too familiar with his son, Damon Jr., he’s a known comedian/actor who currently stars on the hit Fox sitcom, New Girl.

The Tweet That Sparked The Racial Blowup

Now, here’s why Damon Jr. was going at it with his White fans on Twitter- many of whom are fans of the show, New Girl. It all started with his 4th of July (2017) Twitter post, which read:

“Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day.”

Happy white people proud of their racist ancestors day

— Damon Wayans Yunior? (@wayansjr) July 4, 2017

White Fans Slammed Damon Jr.’s Tweet

As soon as his post went up, the you-know-what hit the fan and many of his White fans were heated. Many of the commenters slammed him by implying that he should be grateful his African ancestors were stolen from their country and brought to the U.S. as slaves, because he now has a better life. Other commenters slammed him for ‘disrespecting’ his country and ‘race baiting,’ while others went at it with his Black fans in his Twitter comments:

https://twitter.com/The_Mad_Rebel/status/882371106711195648

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One fan also confused Damon Jr. with his dad and denounced his role in Lethal Weapon:

Damon Wayans Jr. Responds

Damon Jr. responded back to a few of the commenters without ever backing down from his post, nor his point of view about the 4th of July:

Page Six also reported that Damon replied with this in a later comment:

“It was a joke. But feel free to be offended by it.”

The Harsh Reality Though

In school, most of us learned that Independence Day is about celebrating the day U.S. Congress signed into effect the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the then 13 U.S. colonies became independent from British rule. But many of us -White, Black, etc.- were not taught about the down side of it’s history because those parts were cleverly omitted from our school curriculum. President Thomas Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence, which partly read:

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’

The only problem with the ‘Declaration’ is that the “all men are created equal” line intentionally excluded all Black people in the United States. How so? Because at that time, Black people in the U.S. -who were predominately slaves then- were only considered, by law, to be three-fourths of a human being. In addition to that ignorance, the dude who actually wrote the declaration, Jefferson, owned hundreds of slaves and several plantations at that time. So the only ‘independence’ the 4th of July technically celebrates, is the independence of all human beings in the U.S. except Black people.

Now, don’t feel bad if you lit up fireworks and danced to Frankie Beverly & Maze at your family’s cookout on the 4th, it’s all good. For many of us, the 4th of July is simply a celebration that represents a day off from the job…so there’s no harm, no foul there.

But for those who are pissed off with Damon Wayans Jr., hopefully they’ll eventually be able to gain a broader historical understanding of why, as a Black man in America, Damon Jr. feels the way that he feels about his ‘independence’ on the 4th of July. Better dialogue among each other and across racial lines, creates better understanding. Take us out Marvin Gaye…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbZYRZpNc64